Fire from the Rock
by Sharon M. Draper
Sylvia is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students... read more
- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2007
Word Count 59,236
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 116591, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- History
- 20th century
- Family
- Schools--Fiction
- Race relations--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Schools
- Little Rock (Ark.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- School integration--Fiction
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Family life
- Family life--Arkansas--Fiction
- Arkansas
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- African Americans--Fiction
- Race relations
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- African Americans
- Little Rock (Ark.)
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 4
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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